So I have a limited amount of items at my house that are bird safe, and I decided Yukio needed more toys on his playstand! I taped some straws together then attached it to one of the perches. He loves it! You can use birdy safe string if you want

I have seen many toys for small birds made from plastic straws and I must admit that the birds seem to like them well enough, but I, myself have issues when it comes to birds and plastics. I think that while they may not last as long one could use paper straws instead of the plastic ones.